Ashes & Diamonds

23/9/18, 17:15, Danaos 1

One of the greatest films in world cinema, a favourite of Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola, Andrzej Wajda's bitter creation is a great requiem about his country's anguish over being a victim of history and about its youth wandering away from his country in search of more futile ideologies.

POLAND | 1958 | B&W | DCP | 103' | POLISH

Poland, first day of independence after World War II. Two members of the nationalistic resistance are assigned to assassinate the newly elected communist Commissar. A miscalculation, however, forces them to resort to the nearest town in order to find their target. Through a series of twists of fate, the youngest member will fall in love and realize the absurdity of their murderous mission, but when dawn comes he will meet his destiny.

An award-winning film (Venice Film Festival) and one of Scorsese’s and Coppola’s all-time favorites, great Wajda’s third feature depicts the anguish of a man who is faced with the most important day of his life. An exquisite elegy for youth that is pointlessly scattered in the name of vain ideologies. L.K.

AnDRZEJ WAJDA
Principal director, chronicler of Poland’s sociopolitical evolution and explorer of its mythical soul to contemporary times. Recipient of Academy Award, Palme d’Or, Golden Lion and Golden Bear, Wajda (1926-2016) is considered among the most important artists of the medium.